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Administrator Power Applauds Nobel Peace Prize’s Recognition Of Champions For Human Rights

Today, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three champions of human rights in Europe: the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties (CCL), a USAID partner; Belarusian human rights activist, Ales Bialiatski; and Memorial, a Russian human rights organization.

Administrator Samantha Power At The Swearing-In Ceremony For John Pennell, Mission Director To USAID/Georgia

ADMINISTRATOR POWER: Thank you so much to Erin, for that introduction, and welcome to everyone who has made it out here today – old and new faces, in-person and virtual – to swear in John Pennell as our new Mission Director for the Caucasus where he will lead the efforts of our G

Second Anniversary Of The Fraudulent Presidential Belarusian Election

Two years ago, the people of Belarus exercised their democratic right to elect their president. In response, Alyaksandr Lukashenka falsified the results and claimed victory, trampling the democratic aspirations and rights of the Belarusian people.

Administrator Samantha Power at USAID 2022 Democracy, Human Rights,and Governance Conference

So, you've been warning what the leadership in Belarus was like for some time.  We've, of course, had programs in Belarus for a very long time but have seen our USAID Mission shut down and seen so many of our partners in grave danger or even arrested. 

Administrator Samantha Power’s Meeting with Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian Leader of the Democratic Opposition

Today, Administrator Power met with the Belarusian Leader of the Democratic Opposition, Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya, to discuss recent developments in the democratic movement in Belarus and opportunities to partner with the Belarusian people to seek a better future.

U.S. Government Operations in Belarus

The Government of Belarus informed the United States on October 20 that it will force the closure of the Embassy's Public Diplomacy and USAID offices in Minsk, effective November 20. Belarusian authorities aim to severely disrupt U.S. development assistance and public diplomacy in Belarus by forcing the closure of facilities that house key U.S. Government operations, and by ending employment of all of USAID's local staff and Department of State public diplomacy staff.

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People with disabilities participate in community life of Luninets thanks to the project organized by USAID Community Connections alumna

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Elena Lavrenchuk, head of the day care and assisted living unit for people with disabilities of Luninets territorial social service center, located in the Brest region of Belarus, took part in the USAID Community Connections exchange visitor program in 2019.

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